basket (containers)

A bamboo lidded basket of 'lo' shape with a square base, flared sides and a circular mouth with a braided rim and covered with a conical lid. The basket is made of bamboo splints woven in a twill weave on the base and plaited weave on the sides, supported by a stake framework mounted on the base and the four corners. The lid has a framework formed by laying thick bamboo splints on top of each other and interwoven with thin weft in plaited weave, edged with a braided rim. There is a label affixed to the base detailing the collector's number.

Collected by Rev. R. T. Davidson.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
4769x
Date
late 19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 402 mm x 228 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
bamboo; basketry; plant fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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